Many young basketball players know Michael Jordan was and is still one of the best players in basketball. However, they might not know that when they pull up their long baggy gym shorts for practice or for a game that Michael Jordan is the one to thank. When Michael Jordan was drafted into the NBA he missed his college days at North Carolina. To remember those days Michael decided that he wanted to wear his college shorts under his Chicago Bulls shorts. However, his college shorts were slightly longer than his Bulls shorts so he requested a pair of longer baggier shorts to cover up his old college ones (Hoffman, Its Gotta Be the Shorts). Little did Michael Jordan know that this decision would impacted basketball jersey forever. From that point one it became a fashion trend, soon team after team where requesting longer baggier shorts all because of Michael.